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Listen to yourself. If, in fact the"Italians wanted to claim independence in New York", would it then be acceptable for the "New Yorkers" to murder 75% of the Italian population. Your comments are saddening and exactly why your country has been so negatively stigmatized over the years. Your feeble attempt to JUSTIFY the Armenian genocide is disgusting and inhumane.
In response to the review above (One star):It is painstakingly clear to me that you are not only ignorant, but guilty and resentful. your comments are utterly disgusting, and there is no doubt in my mind that they are pitiful attempts to rationalize your guilt, and the heinous murderous acts your country has committed. Does it really surprise you that your country's acts & policies are being viewed as "bad" or "wrong". NO ACT.
You are a perfect representation of the type of mentality and type of human being that breeds hate, ignorance, and greed. SHAME ON YOU you pathetic excuse for a human being. NO ACT is deserving of MASS MURDER and torture that your people have committed toward the Armenian people. What a ridiculous example, you fool.
His work is political rather than scientific. I have to say that it is sort of understandable. Furthermore, He is also able to seek acknowledgment for Kurdish people's "sufferings" in Turkey. After all, Kurds in the region complained that the government doesn't provide enough for them]We the Turks do know what really happened. In return, he gets all that fame, recognition and money. I am writing this to rebuke Taner Akcam's intention to hurt my nation's image. There is much going on behind the curtains. But that's whole another subject, which I do not wish to go into detail now.
The only reason he is well known is because he is one of the first "Turkish" scholars openly talks about Armenian massacres. He later escaped from prison and sought political asylum in Germany, where he met Vahakn N. (OMG, I guess it also explain why Western countries allowed the killings of Bosnian Muslims by Christian Serbs in mid 90s. It is unfortunate, but the western world doesn't care about Kurds as much as they care about the Armenians. (How would you feel about Italians if they demand autonomous state in New York).Well, obviously the benefit is mutual. In late the 1970s he tried to promote his idea of an independent Kurdish state within the Turkish soil. Dadrian. He joined terrorist organizations such 'Dev-Genç' and later he openly supported Kurdistan Workers' Party, an organization designated as Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US State Department, EU and UK.He was imprisoned due to his actions.
I am not writing this to argue whether an act of genocide occurred. I want you know that I am a Turk and naturally I have nationalistic feelings for my state. Mid freaking 90s for god sake. Akcam is not a historian; he doesn't know how to read old-Turkish or Armenian languages. However, I can't ignore what Armenian folks had done to Turkish civilians and military in order to help invading Russian forces and establish a independent Armenian state. They did all that to poor Armenians and they [the Turks] are practicing the same wrongdoings towards Kurds who reside in Turkey."Taner Akcam is a Kurd and naturally a Kurdish nationalist.
I can't deny what happened to Armenians. [This is off topic, but I must inform you. It is the same desire that made my ancestors so successful back in history. Nor I am arguing if the Turks had the right to exile and/or kill almost 1,000,000 Armenians in the process. Hmm, why is it so. For your information, I am not Muslim).You see, Akcam knows that, so he uses "Armenian genocide" claims to draw attention upon Turkey and hopes to earn the West's support for Kurds in Turkey. If I did I'd be ignorant. During 90s Kurdistan Workers' Party members especially took aim at teachers and doctors in the eastern province.
He is a Turkish citizen who advocates an independent Kurdish State in Turkish soil. We are ready to face the facts. Oh I know. My president repeatedly offered Robert Kocharyan to put both countries' resources together and investigate the events jointly, but he was continually rejected or ignored.I want to conclude by saying Taner Akcam's books are highly biased. He is Turkish and even he admits they [the Turks] committed crimes against humanity." Well, he is not a Turk. It is true one million or so Armenians died, but it unfair to ignore about 3,000,000 Turks and Kurds who died due to famine, poor health conditions and of course the wars. How he obtains the historical evidence and documents he talks about in his book are questionable.I have read his books and it is hard to believe he'd be internationally recognized figure if he wrote about something else or he was Armenian and wrote about the same things.
Fear of terrorism scared the investors away, which caused tremendous economic hardship. Every nation has the right for a desire to be independent. It is because Kurds are generally Muslims and Armenians are Christians. It is easy to see how Armenians use him for their propaganda to say "hey. I claim that Akcam uses 'Armenian massacres' incident to hurt Turkey's image and to be able to say, "hey, look how evil the Turks are. Most of Akcam's writings are actually based on Dadrian's work.
Unfortunately, among the western scholars of Middle East studies, Taner Akcam's mentor is one of the relatively less respected Armenian historians.If you are willing to spend hours to learn about the Armenian views on this tragic story, do yourself a favor and at least read the books by credible Armenian historians like Ronald Suny or Ara Sarafian, for whom I have respect even if I don't fully agree with their views. Lost in World, he took a direction with only one goal in life: Revenge.There is nothing new in this book, which wasn't already brought up by the other Armenian historians (and most of them are more credible). To be able to understand why this book is so severely biased, research and examine Taner Akcam's background. His illegal activities (communist-separatist) during his student years in Turkey and the subsequent events led to his hatred of his old country.
The Ottoman Empire had a war on all 3 fronts. Considering, Taner Akcam did indeed escape from a Turkish prison, regardless of why he was imprisoned, it shows he truly has a strong grudge against the Turkish government. The Turkish responsibility is a question everyone wants to ask on the fate of Armenians in World War One. Taner Akcam, by ignoring these makes conclusions on 1915 based on the opinions of some anti-Turkish reporters and diplomats. By writing books about the sensitive genocide debate, he tries to pollute opinions to support the thesis that there was an Armenian Genocide, even though so many Turks were killed before the relocations of Armenians and after the rebellions by Armenians for the purpose of creating a Free Armenia. Taner Akcam definitely wondered but concluded since many Armenians died, then there must have been some plan to exterminate them based on the opinions of some Westerners who were trying to force the United States into World War One by distributing stories (grossly exaggerated) of atrocities of Germans, Austro-Hungarians, and the Ottoman Empire, since they were the Central Powers.However, many US and German consuls who were able to stay in the Ottoman Empire to witness the relocation of Armenians reported to their ambassadors that the Ottoman authorities tried to help many of the Armenians but that there was such a food shortage, that even the Turkish soldiers went to war hungry. Sanitary conditions in Eastern Turkey were terrible, and the Ottoman Empire was bankrupt.
The author evaluates and explains how during the war, 1915 thru 1921, the Turks methodically, planned and executed this genocide - and that their malicious actions were not just random happenstance resulting from said war. Taner Akcam offers a valid and lucid perspective as well as a historically accurate explanation regarding the circumstances surrounding the Ottoman Empire's systematic massacre and elimination of the Armenians. Akcam's book, leading the reader and the world to ponder if and when there will be retribution and justice for the Armenians. The act of genocide is distinguished from "normal" warfare in Mr. His book is a true testimonial of Turkish crimes against humanity. This book clearly defines the complicity of the (Ottoman) Turkish state.
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